kami

Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).

kami (plural kami)

1. (religion, Shinto) An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
2. (philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.

Two sheets of kami for origami, and a traditional origami crane.

Borrowed from Japanese 紙 (kami, “paper”).

kami (plural kami)

1. (papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

• Mika, maki

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we (exclusive)

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

From Proto-Austronesian *kami. Compare Malay kami (“we”).

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• Hyphenation: ka‧mi
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Nagtatrabaho kami sa sarong kumpanya. Ika?

   We work at a company. You?

• Hyphenation: ka‧mi
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/, [kʌˈmi]

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kamí

1. we; us (1st person plural exclusive absolutive form)

Borrowed from Giangan kami.

kamí

1. Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni)

kami m (plural kami)

1. kami (spirit)

• “kami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

kami

1. we (exclusive)

From Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi/

kami

1. we (exclusive)

From Malay kami, from Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /kami/

kami

1. we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   Kami sudah pergi ke pasar. ― We have been to the market.

   • 1966, National Pledge of Singapore

     Kami, warganegara Singapura,
     sebagai rakyat yang bersatu padu,
     tidak kira apa bangsa, bahasa, atau ugama […]

     We, the citizens of Singapore,
     pledge ourselves as one united people,
     regardless of race, language or religion […]

2. we: the speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
3. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   Ibu: "Kamu sekalian sudah di mandi?"
   Anak-anak: "Kami?"

   Mother: "Have you all bathed yet?"
   Children: "Us?"

4. our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those I am addressing

   Adalah cicak besar di dinding kamar hotel kami: tolong bantu di ambil. ― There is a big gecko in our hotel room: please help have it removed.

5. ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

   Hak Milik tanah bangsa Indonesia hanya untuk kami sekalian. ― It is only we [Indonesians] who have the right to own this Indonesian land.

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

• kita

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

kami

1. Rōmaji transcription of かみ

kami

1. Romanization of ꦏꦩꦶ.

From Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /kami/
• Rhymes: -ami, -mi, -i

• Audio (MY)

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kami (Jawi spelling کامي‎)

1. we, us, our (exclusive of the person spoken to)
2. I, me, my

• kita orang (nonstandard)

• kita (inclusive of the person spoken to)

• Indonesian: kami

• “kami” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kami

1. we (exclusive}

kami

1. we (exclusive)

• IPA^(key): /kami/

kami

1. we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those I am addressing
2. we: the speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
3. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing
4. our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those I am addressing
5. ours

• kitéq

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

kami

1. we (exclusive)

From Proto-Slavic *kamy, preserving the reflex of word-final */y/, which was lost in standard words kȃm and kȁmēn.

kami m (Cyrillic spelling ками)

1. (regional, obsolete) stone

• Skok, Petar (1972) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 26

• cami – obsolete
• kmi – Internet and text messaging slang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• Hyphenation: ka‧mi
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/, [kɐˈmi]
• IPA^(key): /kaˈme/, [kɐˈme] (colloquial)

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kami (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒ)

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Nagtatrabaho kami sa isang kumpanya. Ikaw?

   We work at a company. You?

• tayo

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we (exclusive)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)